Cavalry

Italy’s strength was the large amount of troops that were in the army. Cadorna had twenty-five infantry and four cavalry divisions by spring o f 1915. He had twenty-five groups of men ready to walk to the battlefield in direct combat. By cavalry divisions, it is a group that is heavily arm with armor such as tanks and other fighting vehicles. The twenty-five infantry and four cavalry divisions were grouped into four separate army groups. Despite the low artillery storage Italy face, the…

In 490 BC, 10,000 Greek warriors charged against the opposing Persian army, composed of 25,000 soldiers. These soldiers were fighting for everything they loved, their land, country, family, even the world. King Darius had to destroy the Greeks to continue his Western expansion, but the Athenians wouldn't let that happen. Most Greek city states surrendered when Persian messengers asked them to, except for the opposing Athenians and Spartans, who killed the messengers. This meant war against the…

bitter”. However it has also been suggested that the Greek offensive was based on the apparent absence of the Persian cavalry which Herodotus fails to mention. This is puzzling as most modern historians acknowledge that a Persian cavalry force had already disembarked from the fleet onto land and Herodotus said the Persians chose Marathon because it was “the best ground for cavalry to manoeuvre in.”. It has also been assumed that Miltiades deployed the Greek phalanx with strong wings and a weak…

border in El Paso, Texas. The United States Army responded with both sharpshooters and an artillery barrage, which sent Villa’s troops into disarray. Following up on their advantage, an overwhelming force of approximately 3,600 U.S. infantry and cavalry crossed into Mexico and dispersed the Villistas. Although the attack caused an international incident with Mexico outraged by an “invasion” of their soil, the incident resulted in Villa permanently withdrawing from the…

their reactions is what set his empire apart. However, cavalry is what made Alexander the Great’s battle tactics shine. His aptitude and uncanny ability to predict and see the weaknesses in the enemy's’ ranks gave him an advantage. Countless battles were won with his cavalry. Granicus, Issus, and Gaugamela are three major battles, that are recorded, that were won with Alexander’s cavalry as a key role in the victory (“Major Battles). His cavalry, himself included, fearless and trained would…

joined a group of other Texans and marched into Nacogdoches to "present their demands" to Piedras. Before the group reached the building housing the town officials, they were attacked by a force of 100 Mexican cavalry. The Texans returned fire and the Battle of Nacogdoches began. After the cavalry retreated, they initiated a siege of the garrison. After a…

Virginia should march south, maneuver between Washington, D.C. and Meade’s Army of the Potomac, and force Meade to descend from the high ground to attack at a more advantageous point that Lee could choose instead.14,15,16 Lee, still without Stuart’s cavalry on the second day of the battle, did not have the ability to reconnoiter an avenue to the south and elected to remain at Gettysburg to attack.17…

To accomplish this, we turn our attention towards Rome’s greatest historian, Livy. In his work, History of Rome, Livy dedicated ten of his 137 books to the seventeen year long Second Punic War. So to begin, Hamilcar, Hannibal’s father, was the commander of the Carthaginian forces late in the First Punic War, and this is the root of Hannibal’s great disgust for the Roman Empire. Livy tells us that after this war, when Hamilcar was preparing to transfer his troops to the Iberian Peninsula to…

fight against the pirates in the Mediterranean, and his grandfather for being an astonishing public speaker. Julia, Antony’s mother was a cousin to Julius Caesar (“Antony Biography”). After his young ages, Antony was sent east as an officer in the cavalry. As officer, he won strategic victories in Palestine and Egypt. He joined Julius Caesar in Gaul as a staff officer (“Mark Antony” History.com). Mark Antony led a campaign as a Roman general during the Parthian period (“Mark Antony”). Antony’s…

Thermopylae was a natural choke point and had been the site of other battles like that of the 300 Spartans (Taylor 123). Antiochus’ army is formed of 14,500 men including 10,000 of his own infantry, 500 cavalry and, 4,000 of the Aetolian leagues’ and other allies (Taylor 124). The Roman army of 22,000 engaged the Seleucid one by initially driving Antiochus’ allies from the mountains bordering the pass (Appian, S.18). Then the Roman army properly attacked the phalanx but before long the fleeing…